diff --git a/plugin.xml b/plugin.xml
index f2f8368..f637e5c 100755
--- a/plugin.xml
+++ b/plugin.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     <dependency id="cordova-plugin-file"/>
 
     <platform name="android">
+
         <config-file target="res/xml/config.xml" parent="/*">
             <feature name="Thumbnails">
                 <param name="android-package" value="com.cordova.plugin.thumbnail.ThumbnailsCordovaPlugin"/>
diff --git a/src/android/Thumbnails.java b/src/android/Thumbnails.java
index 4ba04a1..cb65cc4 100755
--- a/src/android/Thumbnails.java
+++ b/src/android/Thumbnails.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 public class Thumbnails {
 
-    public static void thumbnail(Options thumbnailOptions) throws IOException {
+    public static void thumbnail(Options thumbnailOptions) throws Exception {
         long begin = System.currentTimeMillis();
 
         Bitmap bitmap = thumbnailSmallImage(thumbnailOptions);
@@ -37,12 +37,16 @@ public static void thumbnail(Options thumbnailOptions) throws IOException {
         bitmap = null;
     }
 
-    private static Bitmap thumbnailSmallImage(Options thumbnailOptions) throws IOException {
+    private static Bitmap thumbnailSmallImage(Options thumbnailOptions) throws Exception {
 
         BitmapFactory.Options options = calculateImageSize(thumbnailOptions.sourcePath);
         options.inJustDecodeBounds = false;
         Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(thumbnailOptions.sourcePath, options);
 
+        if (bitmap == null) {
+            throw new Exception("Could not decode file into bitmap object { sourcePath: " + thumbnailOptions.sourcePath + " options: }");
+        }
+
         long begin = System.currentTimeMillis();
         int oWidth = bitmap.getWidth();
         int oHeight = bitmap.getHeight();